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  A Wharfedale filmmaker has revisited a fledgling south-east Asian nation 20 years on from his groundbreaking undercover documentary in which he recorded a massacre of more than 250 people by Indonesian soldiers.
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           <title>Community hero Jim steps down as Poppy Appeal organiser</title>
           
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  The man who helped Jimmy Savile stage one of the world’s first discos in Otley has paid tribute to “an amazing character”.
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  It has been a high-flyer since 1931 and shows little sign of slowing down.
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           <title>Do you have a Courthouse story to tell?</title>
           
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  It has been the scene of countless dramatic scenes stretching back to the 19th century, and now the memories of people who experienced Otley Courthouse’s heyday as a magistrates’ court are to be
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           <title>Nell Bank boss has no doubts: We are the best!</title>
           
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           <title>When the rights of wildlife and livestock take priority</title>
           
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           <title>Transforming lives of women and children in world’s poorest country</title>
           
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           <title>Inspiring women who work hard for their share of 21st century life</title>
           
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           <title>The women determined to provide comfort for flood ravaged Peru</title>
           
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           <title>The ancient art that is so much more than putting pen to paper</title>
           
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           <title>No disguising the skills of the men from Guiseley who turn TV beauties into beasts</title>
           
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           <title>Horsforth childcare expert says we need to try and understand why youngsters behave in a bad way</title>
           
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           <title>These people are desperate, says woman who taught in Haiti</title>
           
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           <title>The hardy souls who plunge into new year with an icy dip</title>
           
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  Children do it, pensioners do it and even toddlers have been known to do it. Plunging into the bath at White Wells, Ilkley, has become something of a New Year tradition over the years, inspiring
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           <title>The man who creates cool figures of the famous</title>
           
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           <title>Early motoring memories kept alive in growing stable of ’60s cars</title>
           
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  They are widely accepted as the busiest insect on planet earth, humming their way through the summer to sweeten our toast for breakfast.
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  Ilkley Summer Festival proved a major hit with locals once again this year but organisers have warned that it could become a victim of its own success.
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  Allied servicemen who found themselves in German prisoner of war camps risked serious consequences if they broke the rules.
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  Like any other little boy, Andrew Bosomworth always had an interest in cars.
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  It used to be the domain of the flat-capped brigade, complete with sleeves rolled up to their elbows and braces.
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  What do celebrities Sienna Miller, Sarah Jessica Parker, Julia Roberts, Uma Thurman . . . and a group of trendy Otley women have in common?
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